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AFGHANISTAN 1878-90 NIGERIA 1898.99
SUAKIN 1885 ASHANTI 1900
BURMA 1886 SOUTH AFRICA 1901
CHIN LUSHAI 1889 ZAKKA KHEL 1908
MANIPUR 1891 MOHMAND 1908
TOCHI 1897 GREAT WAR 1914-15

IN LOVED AND HONOURED MEMORY OF
GENERAL SIR JAMES WILLCOCKS
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.I., D.S.O.
GRAND OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
COLONEL OF THE LOYAL (NORTH LANCASHIRE)
REGIMENT AND THE 59TH SCINDE RIFLES
LL.D. AMHERST U.S.A.
BORN AT DELHI 1ST APRIL 1857 · DIED AT
BHARATPUR 18TH DECEMBER 1926
SOLDIER . SPORTSMAN . AUTHOR
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS GALLANTRY AND
RESOLUTION IN THE RELIEF OF KUMASSI HE
RECEIVED THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF
LONDON AND A SWORD OF HONOUR . HE EARNED
ADVANCEMENT AND FURTHER REWARDS
BY HIS SKILFUL CONDUCT OF THE ZAKKA KHEL
AND MOHMAND EXPEDITIONS . HE COMMAND-
ED THE INDIAN CORPS IN FRANCE DURING
THE GREAT WAR . HAVING SERVED WITH
DISTINCTION IN TWELVE CAMPAIGNS HE
ENDED AS GOVERNOR OF BERMUDA A
CAREER DISTINGUISHED BY SOLDIERLY
ZEAL AND DEVOTION TO DUTY
"HE LOVED CHIVALRYE, TROUTHE AND HONOUR,
FREDOM AND CURTEISYE" Chaucer

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